The farm boasts almost 50 goats, most of them up for adoption. About a dozen are expected to live there permanently. The rescue is run by volunteers and Felsenthal, who also works as a photography instructor at Everett Community College.

Most of the goats end up at the sanctuary through Felsenthal’s partnership with animal control agencies. Neglected, abused and stray animals are brought to her because there aren’t many places around that rehabilitate goats. She also gets the pets that people don’t want anymore.

When people come to the farm to take one home, she said, they almost never leave with the goat they thought they wanted.

“The goats pick their people,” she said.

Felsenthal said goats have unique personalities. They’re much like dogs, but they mow the lawn as they graze. They butt heads, sort out a social order and then get along.

Felsenthal, 45, never imagined herself in the business of saving goats. She was involved with dog, cat and horse rescues as a teen and saw a new need.

She later took a job as an assistant keeper at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo. When a Nigerian Dwarf goat named Ziggy was about to be euthanized, she stepped in. The 2-year-old goat had an allergic reaction and its hair was falling out.

“He just looked funny so no one wanted to pet him,” Felsenthal said.

She took him home and nursed him back to health. He lived until he was 16. She continued to take animals in.

“I was turning into the crazy goat lady,” she said. “And here I am 16 years later, still a crazy goat lady.”